Letting agent just told me the flat we are moving in to on Saturday has been sold...

[elliott]

Briefly - we are in the middle of a house move; the house we have bought is still a building site, and we are committed to movign out of our current house on Saturday. At short notice, we realised we were going to need to rent a place while the building work is finished. I signed the tenancy agreement yesterday - huge sigh of relief that we had somewhere to move to!
Today, letting agent calls to say that the landlord has just informed him that he has sold the property (well, intends to complete on the 31st). Clearly someone has made an almight cock up - but what is our legal position?
LA keen to get us to agree to move somewhere else, for the same (or less) money. But, our rental is on the same street as house we are moving to, so we would rather stick with what we have - but will they make our lives hell?

yep, my thoughts exactly. thanks for all your input - will let you know if we end up homeless tomorrow!

Good luck tomorrow! Let us know how you get on (if and when you have internet access).

Well, the letting agent found us somewhere and we have agreed to move there instead. It isn't as nice a property by a long way, but the deal maker was that the landlord agreed to 3 months tenancy - so that has saved us about £2K. I don't think digging our heels in would have helped really - probably would have ended in a legal battle between landlord and letting agent.
Don't know when I will next have internet access at home though....wish me luck for the move!

Well good luck and I hope your building works go well!

Hi Elliott - good luck with the move